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@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 17, 2026

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  • Martin Hayes Turns the Tune

In conversation with Olivia O’Leary, Irish fiddle-player Martin Hayes talks about his collaborations with musicians from other genres, including jazz and classical.

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@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 30, 2026

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  • The Lives of Hildegard of Bingen

Medieval composer and polymath Hildegard of Bingen remembers entering an anchorage as a child. A fictionalised account, written by Anna Linstrum and performed by Juliet Stevenson.

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@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 30, 2026

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:

#TheEssay

  • The Lives of Hildegard of Bingen

Medieval composer and polymath Hildegard of Bingen remembers entering an anchorage as a child. A fictionalised account, written by Anna Linstrum and performed by Juliet Stevenson.

Relisten now 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t00p

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026

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  • You, Me and the Wireless

Legendary broadcaster Gillian Reynolds shares her life and career in radio, spanning over 50 years. Audio drama takes centre stage in this final essay.

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 02, 2026

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#TheEssay

  • You, Me and the Wireless

Legendary broadcaster Gillian Reynolds shares her life and career in radio, spanning over 50 years.

Relisten now 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rr2s

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 25, 2026

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  • Full Moon on Progress St

Dr Rommi Smith examines the music and contributions of five leading Black female musicians to civil rights and social change.

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 23, 2026

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:

#TheEssay

  • Full Moon on Progress St

Dr Rommi Smith examines the music and contributions of five leading Black female musicians, to civil rights and social change.

Relisten now 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rf4f

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 20, 2026

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  • Uchronias

Startling, counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives and music of much-loved composers. How dark arts destroyed Antonio Salieri’s legacy.

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 19, 2026

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:

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  • Uchronias

Counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives and music of composers. How Claude Debussy’s music ‘took off’ after a chance meeting with a yogi.

Relisten now 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002r4bz

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 17, 2026

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  • Uchronias

Startling, counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives and music of composers. How Felix Mendelssohn was blessed and blighted by a curse.

Relisten now 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002r48f

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 16, 2026

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  • Uchronias

Counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Martín Llade reimagining the lives of much-loved composers. How Maurice Ravel silenced his critics with the help of his ‘family’.

Relisten now 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002r45x

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 12, 2026

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  • Vivaldi in a Warming World

The artist Nikita Gale shares why she considers the role of the season as a unit of measurement increasingly arbitrary – an idea she explored in her work Other Seasons.

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 11, 2026

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  • Vivaldi in a Warming World

Kate Molleson speaks with Emily Isaacson, artistic director of Classical Uprising, about The [uncertain] Four Seasons.

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 02, 2026

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  • Almost Famous

Ian Sansom reflects on obscurity as an index of cultural values through five figures whose reputations offer a map of shifting tastes, beginning with composer Granville Bantock.

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 30, 2026

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  • On Disappointment

Rachel Cooke confesses to being disappointed on what she thought was going to be the trip of a lifetime, and wonders if that says more about her or about the holiday.

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@BBC3MusicBot__dup_32286@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 28, 2026

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  • On Disappointment

Food - so often highly anticipated and so often a little bit… disappointing. Rachel Cooke asks why.

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